Synonyms for relative
ˈrɛl ə tɪvrel·a·tive

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1. relativenoun

   Antonyms:
   absolute

2. relativeadjective

   Relevant; pertinent

   Antonyms:
   absolute

3. relativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   absolute

4. relativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   absolute

5. relativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   absolute

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1. relative

   Synonyms:
   referring to, not absolute

   Antonyms:
   absolute

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1. relative, relationnoun

   a person related by blood or marriage

   "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"

   Synonyms:
   sexual relation, congener, intercourse, sexual intercourse, carnal knowledge, recounting, relation back, congenator, copulation, relation, telling, coitus, sex act, congeneric, congress, sexual congress, coition

   Antonyms:
   disproportionate, disproportional, implicit, absolute, unquestioning, infinite, living, direct

2. relative, congener, congenator, congenericadjective

   an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

   Synonyms:
   congeneric, relation, congenator, congener

   Antonyms:
   disproportionate, infinite, absolute, unquestioning, living, disproportional, direct, implicit

3. relative, comparativeadjective

   estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete

   "a relative stranger"

   Synonyms:
   proportional, comparative

   Antonyms:
   absolute, living, unquestioning, direct, infinite, implicit, disproportional, disproportionate

4. proportional, relativeadjective

   properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'

   "the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production"

   Synonyms:
   proportional, comparative

   Antonyms:
   disproportional, living, disproportionate, direct, implicit, unquestioning, infinite, absolute

Matched Categories

1. • Person

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1. relativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   referring (to something else), not absolute

2. relativenoun

   Synonyms:
   relation, kinsman, connection

3. relativenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Gram.) relative pronoun

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1. relativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   relating, referring, respecting, pertaining, particular, definite, specific, pertinent

2. relativenoun

   Synonyms:
   relation, kinsman, kinswoman, connection, cognate, agnate

   Associated words:
   nepotism, nepotic, nepotist

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1. List of paraphrases for "relative":

   relating, compared, comparative, parent, relatively, related, pertaining, concerning, on, proportional, relatif, relation, relatives, regarding, respect

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How to use relative in a sentence?

1. Lesly Garcia:

   You feel so powerless when you see your relative slipping away, when you have no way to do anything for them, to save them, it hurt me not to see her again.

2. Kadri Simson:

   We have to declare the current price hike has little to do with our climate policies, and much to do with our dependence on imported fossil fuels and the relative prices, wind and solar have continued to generate the cheapest electricity in Europe in recent months. They are not exposed to price volatility.

3. Rob Williams:

   DFID does not even count how much of our overseas aid budget is spent on keeping them safe from rape and recruitment into armed forces, or making sure that they can learn to at least read and write, the result is that even in the relative stability of refugee camps in Jordan, less than half of Syrian refugee children get an hour or two of schooling per day. The failure to protect and educate children fleeing conflict undermines the value of the rest of our aid efforts.

4. David Clarke:

   When you apply a voltage to them relative to some background there is an attractive force between the nanowires and the substrate that deforms the elastomer, elastomer rubber is very soft and so the surface becomes rough, and it is that roughness that scatters light.

5. Gordon Charlop:

   Right now, we're in a spot of relative uncertainty, i think a lot of this action relates to.